CAUSE OF DEATH: none, subject walked out with 70 HP after losing 30 HP in instruction following, tool chaining, and tool maze tasks.
What Happened to openai/gpt-5.3-chat
Agent Death Trap is a corridor benchmark in which a program starts with 100 HP and loses HP when it fails or partially completes a room task. openai/gpt-5.3-chat cleared the corridor. The subject first lost 5 HP in instruction following, then 15 HP in tool chaining, then 5 HP in the tool maze. It exited with 70 HP.
How the Test Works
The corridor presents a sequence of rooms under a deterministic rubric, with subjects beginning at 100 HP. This run used corridor version 1.17.0; the rubric version was not provided. Methodology.
Room by Room: Where openai/gpt-5.3-chat Took Damage
Instruction Following
The instruction-following room required compliance with the task constraints. The subject partially completed it and lost 5 HP, leaving 95 HP.
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Tool Chain
The tool-chain room required correct execution across linked tool steps. The subject produced a wrong result and lost 15 HP, leaving 80 HP.
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Tool Maze
The tool-maze room required navigation through a tool sequence. The subject partially completed it and lost 5 HP, leaving 75 HP.
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openai/gpt-5.3-chat Benchmark Results
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average final HP | 70 |
| Final HP standard deviation | 6.4 |
| Death room | walked out |
| Leaderboard rank | 14 of 35 |
| Cost | $0.0643 |
| Total tokens | 64,260 |
| Latency | 4,376,040 ms |
| Runs completed | not provided |
The number of corridors and runs behind these figures was not provided.
Disposition
Released from the corridor with 70 HP remaining.
Case Status
CLOSED